Kan-Kan, Sunday, November 15, 10:30am
OUT OF THE WOODS
Love, memory and the choices that shape a lifetime intertwine in Out of the Woods, Sal Bardo’s tender and deeply affecting feature debut. Led by a luminous Frances Fisher, this moving drama explores what happens when a love thought lost to the past suddenly returns just as the memories holding that past together begin to fade.
Max (Fisher, Titanic, Unforgiven) is a fiercely independent woman confronting the early stages of dementia while trying to remain present in her longtime marriage to Charlie (Bruce Davison, Longtime Companion, X-Men). As winter settles around them and her good days become increasingly precious, a chance reunion with Diana (Mimi Kennedy, Midnight in Paris), an old friend and former pen pal, awakens feelings Max had tucked away decades ago. Their connection quickly brings memories, and possibilities, back to life.
Caught between her devotion to Charlie and the love she once shared with Diana, Max must confront questions that become more urgent as her memory begins to betray her. Faded photographs and yellowing letters offer glimpses of the life she might have lived, but they also force her to consider the life she still has time to choose. Bardo approaches Max’s journey with remarkable sensitivity, allowing past, present and an uncertain future to quietly converge.
Anchored by Fisher’s mesmerizing performance, Out of the Woods is a compassionate portrait of aging, identity and the enduring power of love, even when memory can no longer be trusted.
Directed by Sal Bardo | USA | 2026 | 87 Minutes
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